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VENN: Adm. at KING'S, a scholar from Eton, 1682. B. Dec. 25, 1665, at Farnborough, Berks. ' Matric. Easter, 1683; B.A. 1686-7; M.A. 1690. Fellow, 1686. B.D. and D.D. (Oxford) 1711. Fellow of Eton College, 1707. Adm. at Gray's Inn, Dec. 20, 1692. Assistant Master at Eton, c. 1690; Vice-Provost, 1721-5. Ord. deacon (London) Sept. 29; priest, Oct. 5, 1707. Canon of Ely, 1715-7. V. of Mapledurham, Oxon., 1716. R. of Calstock, Cornwall, 1724. Preb. of Exeter, 1724-42. Bishop of Exeter, 1724-43. R. of Shobrooke, Devon, 1724. Archdeacon of Exeter, 1732-42. Married Lucy, dau. of Richard Sleech, D.D. Author, sermons, etc. Died Jan. 8, 1741-2, aged 77. Buried in Exeter Cathedral. 'Monumental inscription.'M.I. Will, 'Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'P.C.C. Father of Edward (1719). (Harwood; Al. Oxon.; Lincs. Pedigrees, 1066; D.N.B.).
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